12.22.2006

Race Talks Continue

Why is it so difficult for people born as white landowners in America to not understand the plight the rest of us have been on? Just spent 45 minutes spinning my wheels in a conversation where it became so clear that this person fitting the above described criteria was taught to fear people of color. Why is he unable to take the next logical step and reevaluate his assumptions? Sometimes it really seems like an unattainable task.